Battering the Mets: Derek Jeter is No. 2 all time with a .380 average (117 for 308) against the Mets for players with at least 150 plate appearances.

Interleague champs: The Yankees begin this latest round of interleague play with the most wins (144) and best winning percentage (.585) in AL vs. NL play.

Bad home cooking: The Yankees have lost five straight at home. They have dropped six straight at home just once since 1990. That came when they lost eight in a row in 2003.

Update, 7:13: Good start for Garcia, just one walk in the first. Garcia was released by the Mets’ organization after just two Triple-A starts two years ago when he was on the way back from shoulder surgery.

Update, 7:20: 1-2-3 first for Dickey. Be interesting to see how the Yankees do against the knuckleball after erupting for 13 runs last night.

Update, 7:24: What was up with that? Robinson Cano threw way wide of first trying to double up Justin Turner. E-4. Turner on second with two outs.

Update, 7:36: Bases loaded, two outs for Gardner here in the second.

Update, 7:39: A-Rod leads off with a double and doesn’t score. Gardner bounces to third.

Update, 7:51: Teixeira just snuck one into the right-field seats in the third, No. 11, his second in two nights. It’s 1-0.

Update, 8:00: Justin Turner is looking like a find for the Mets. He has been very productive lately. Now comes this RBI double in the fourth, and we’re tied.

Update, 8:11: Swisher goes down swinging with one on to end the fourth. The Yankees are 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.

Update, 8:17: Garcia is on, one run and three hits allowed through his first five innings.

Update, 8:31: The Yankees are struggling in the RISP department vs. Dickey. The first two guys get on in the fifth and then the next three go down. Five complete, 1-1.

Update, 8:34: Daniel Murphy unties it, going down and getting a low pitch and sending it to the right-field seats to open the sixth.

Update, 8:46: Swisher just missed that Turner ground-rule double with a dive near the right-field line. So it’s second and third with two outs. Boone Logan is warming.

Update, 8:48: Thole, having an underwhelming season, grounds to first to end the threat.

Update, 9:00: Russell Martin is stranded at second after a one-out double in the sixth. Somehow I find it hard to blame the Yankees in this game with Dickey’s knuckleball floating well.

Update, 9:07: Good job again by Garcia, two runs, five hits through seven. I believe he’s around 95 pitches.

Update, 9:08: The Yankees can celebrate. Dickey is out of the game. Lefty Mike O’Connor is coming on.

Update, 9:11: Joba is warming up.

Update, 9:19: O’Connor was just as effective as Dickey, 1-2-3 seventh. Garcia is done, Joba is in.

Update, 9:27: Bottom of the eighth now, still 2-1. Jason Isringhausen is coming on in his usual role. If it gets to the bottom of the ninth this way, K-Rod has been invincible since blowing his first save of the season, although he usually makes it an adventure.

Update, 9:34: 1-2-3 for Izzy. K-Rod is warming for the ninth. David Robertson is on for the Yankees.